demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

STILLBIRTHS
Country 1935
10. Number of stillbirths 1935 -1950
[Reliability of data highly variable. For definitions and explanations, see page 32.]
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1936 1937
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1939 1940 I 1941 1942
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AFRICA
Egypt 1•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4636 5321 5438 5157 5377 5448 5077 4797
Union of South Africa:
Europeans•...•.•..•...•........... 1 105 1 190 1 197 1 197 1 192 1 265 1 229 1 192
OTHER AREAS
Algerio 2 [Fr.]:
Europeans....••................... 702 620 589 519 600 614 576 665
Moslems 1•••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 128 1403 1 147 1 558 1 182 1 518 1 644 1436
Angola 1 [Por!.].•......•.........•.... 347 355 373 304 441 558 533 369
Cape Verde Islands 1 [Port.] ....•..•.... 604 603 693 767 722 748 755 414
Gold Coast 3 [U.K.]....................
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Mouritius ex. dep. [U.K.].......•.....••. 1 301 1 321 1305 1 246 1271 1 055 1 100 1305
Morocco 2 [Fr.]:
Non-indigenous population 1••••••••••• ... " . ... ·.. 174 147 194 221
Mozambique 1 [Port.]:
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Non-indigenous population....•....... 61 56 46 50 51 37 58 49
Possessions in North Africa [Sp.]:
Ceuta and Melillo ••.......•••.•...•• 4117 493 472 465 475 5188 5189 180
St. Helena ex. dep. [U.K.] .•.•.••...•.•.• 7 - 8 5 3 - 6 5
sao Tome and Principe 1 [Por!.].•.....••. ... 296 253 233 275 266 266 243
Southern Rhodesia [U.K.]:
Europeans....••••..........••...•. 18 27 20 31 23 33 39 29
South-West Africa 6:
Europeans..•.••.•.............•.•• 13 27 17 13 16 26 7 12
Zanzibar and Pemba [U.K.] ..........••• 92 176 76 77 99 106 54 69
AMERICA, NORTH
Canada 7..••••.•.••.•.••••••.••..••• 6449 6350 6275 6426 6365 6634 6882 7132
Newfoundland••••.•...•••.•.•.••.•• 144 178 156 161 143 172 202 174
Yukon and Northwest Territories 1•••••• 1 3 2 8 7 4 7 13
Costa Rica ••••••••.•••.••.•••.•••.... 866 918 985 951 944 890 946 999
Cuba 8•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5921 6833 6832 6492 6261 ... ... ...
Dominican Republic 1••••••••••••••••••• ... 326 297 410 426 419 550 646
EI Salvador.......................... 518 621 623 719 625 732 788 765
Guatemala •.•••..•........••••...•.. 92863 93084 93200 93279 1 929 3238 3 185 3743
Honduras 10.......................... 154 157 152 ... 190 173 202 200
Mexico...•••.••••••......•.••••••••• 16167 16957 17189 17230 17340 18344 18886 19333
Nicaragua 1•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 80 80 111 126 93 101 143 161
Panama 11••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
United States 12••••••••••••••••••••••• 77119 73735 73609 73467 72 598 73802 75133 72017
Alaska 13 [U.S.] .•......•..•.•.•.•••••• .. . ... ... ... ... .. . ... ...
8ahama Islands [U.K.] •••.•.••.•.•..•••• ... 71 105 126 91 150 124 130
Barbados [U.K.]....................... 139 111 75 101 134 137 165 128
Bermudas [U.K.] ••••••.••••...••••.•••• 23 28 34 30 23 21 31 26
British Honduras.•.••••.•.•.......••••• ... ... ... ·.. ... 72 98 61
Canal Zone [U.S.] ••••......•.•.•••.•.• 27 19 13 19 16 21 22 26
1 Reliability of data known to be affected by incomplete or irregular
registration.
2 Including live-born infants dying within 3 days and before registration
of birth.
3 Stillbirths recorded in compulsory registration areas, representing
about one-tenth of total population.
4 Melillo only. Including live-born infants dying within 24 hours after
birth.
5 Data for Ceuta include live-born infants dying within 24 hours after
birth.
6 Former mandated territory (Union of S. Afr.).
7Excluding Yukon, Northwest Territories and Newfoundland.
8 Including live-born infants dying within 24 hours after birth.
9 Including live-born infants dying immediately after birth.
10 1935-1937: years ending 31 July; beginning 1938: years ending
30 June.
11 Excluding stillbirths among tribal Indians.
12 1935.1941: all stillbirths reported, regardless of period of gestation;
beginning 1942, excluding stillbirths of less than 5 months gestation.
13 1943: all stillbirths reported, regardless of period of gestation; beginning
1945, excluding stillbirths of less than 5 months gestation.
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